Who cares if they did though? The movie was still good and the character is still interesting.
For you, sure, as someone said to me.
I find the movie just entertaining, but with a distinct no-risk-marketing-product flavour that makes it unwatchable next to the OT. The character, I didn’t find him particularly interesting in TFA. VIII can correct this, or can make it worse depending on how repetitive they will be of the scheme that rules the original trilogy.